The main floor which opens to the gates.
Taken from my hotel window. Main train station in Leipzig. Three floors of shops, food, etc., not to mention trains. I could leave my hotel, walk about 200 feet, and go down some stairs (the covered portion at the very lower left of this photo) and walk under the street car tracks, and enter the station and then ride the escalator up three levels to the tracks. Very nice, especially when it is cold and snowing.
Note the thermometer on the pharmacy -- 0. That's C, so 32F. It was the high of my trip, and I'm glad, because four or five degrees higher and the streets/sidewalks would have been a mess.
This is a turn-of-the-century building close to the Augustplatz. It is being renovated. Work is just starting -- to the right there is metal framework for a sign with all the participants' names. Since unification, the German government has poured enormous amounts of money into the former East Germany to rescue buildings. At the time the Wall fell, I gather East Germany was in dire straits economically. A lot of the buildings were in a state of disrepair. Since unification, things are much better and still improving.
The back side of the new city hall (neues rathaus) with it's connecting passageway over the street. Through the passageway you can see the new casino under construction.
Tbe front side of the new city hall. A huge building.
The library. I think this is part of the University of Leipzig.
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